I am currently sitting in my comfortable chair, counting down the hours until my beta-readers get back to me on my latest novel: Brash the Dragon Stars in: Brash the Dragon’s First Adventure. And with a title like that, it may be a bit surprising to learn that this novel does, in fact, star a…
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The Write Angle: A Guest Post by Author David Colby
An Extended Metaphor: My Philosophy for Game Design The inside of the Bardic Guildhouse in Studeolf was thick with papers, scrolls and vellum. Candles made of wax flickered in the corners of the room as – to ward off the late year chill – the windows were shut and shuttered, lending an air of closeness…
The Write Angle: Why Representation Is Important by Author David Colby
Lasguns1 and Lesbians I am going to begin this blogpost with a completely and totally unfair statement that is downright libelous: Warhammer 40,000 has more queer characters than all of Star Trek from the 1960s to right now. And it has more female characters. Okay, first, let’s back up. Warhammer 40,000 (or just ’40k’ for…
The Write Angle: Intersections in Queer Space by Author David Colby
Or the Three Questions Underpinning Everything I Write Ever I am sometimes asked why I have queer characters in every single one of my novels – sometimes as mains, sometimes as secondaries, but always present and always important. That’s funny for…you see…when writing, I always asking myself a few questions too. Sometimes, those questions are…